IGO FLORA HISTORTCA. 



called Sim pier's Joy. However it appears not to 

 be entirely cofincd to such situations, since Dr. 

 Withering observes that it is very plentiful at the 

 foot of St. Vincent's rocks, all along the course of 

 the river. This species grows also in most parts of 

 Europe, Barbary, China, Cochin-China, and Japan, 

 Its flowers form spikes of a pale lilac colour, which 

 continue in blossom during the whole of summer. 



The Verbena Supina is also an European species 

 of this genera of plants, and is indigenous to the 

 South of Europe. We liave fourteen other species 

 of Vervain, collected principally from America and 

 the Indies; but as these have no connexion with 

 ancient anecdote, we pass them, to observe that the 

 Vervain, which held so high a rank amongst herbs 

 in antique days, has passed almost into total neg- 

 lect among the modern practitioners of medicine, 

 although all writers seem to agree in attributing 

 to it the property of relieving the most violent 

 chronic head-aches, whether externally applied or 

 internally taken. For this purpose it seems, how- 

 ever, to have been more frequently employed exter- 

 nally, the bruised leaves and stalks being used as a 

 cataplasm. It was also much used for wounds. 



Black melancholy rusts, that fed despair 

 Through wounds long rage, with sprinkled Verrain cleared. 



Davexaxt. 



